ASCP COMPREHENSIVE EXAM FULL
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS VERIFIED
REVIEW MATERIAL
●● the pbt has orders to draw a K+ on a patient awaiting dialysis and
proceeds to the following division:
Answer: Nephrology
●● pbt has just completed centriuging specimens for the chemistry
department and notes that one of the tubes is cloudy and pinkish red.
This specimen is
Answer: lipemic and hemolyzed
●● this test will be delivered to immunology for testing
Answer: RPR
●● physician calls the lab requesting the procedure for a patient who
wishes to donate his own blood before his surgery. this type of donation
is knowns as:
Answer: Autologous donation
●● analysis of the chemical components of blood
Answer: the basic purpose of the chemistry department:
,●● pbt is processing speciments received for lead testing and is
preparing them to be delivered to which departments?
Answer: toxicology
●● health maintenance organization (HMO)
Answer: functions as a full-service outpatient clinic
●● pbt returns to lab with a specimen for cross-match or compatibility
testing and delivers it to
Answer: Immunohematology
●● required specimen for the occult blood test is:
Answer: Feces/Dookie
●● A patient is recovering from deep vein thrombosis and the doctor
wishes to access the rate of fibrinolysis. The physician orders which of
the following tests?
Answer: ALL of the above
●● A herediatary blood disorder that results in a decreased production of
hemoglobin and anemia is:
Answer: Thalassemia
, ●● pbt must draw blood for a STAT glucose, BUN, and electrolytes in
ER and deliver it to the lab for testing as the I-Stat instrument is not
fxning properly. Which type of sample is most appropriate?
Answer: Plasma (green top tube0
●● a patient has been diagnosed with anemia and the physician wants to
assess how well the bone marrow is producing RBC's. The physician
requests which of the following test to be drawn and tested?
Answer: Reticulocyte
●● another term for WBC is
Answer: Leukocyte
●● cellular element that plays an impt role in coagulation is
Answer: Platelet
●● Coagulation testing includes which of the following:
Answer: PTT
●● impaired blood flow leading to reduced level or lack of oxygen to a
tissue is referred to as:
Answer: Ischemia
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS VERIFIED
REVIEW MATERIAL
●● the pbt has orders to draw a K+ on a patient awaiting dialysis and
proceeds to the following division:
Answer: Nephrology
●● pbt has just completed centriuging specimens for the chemistry
department and notes that one of the tubes is cloudy and pinkish red.
This specimen is
Answer: lipemic and hemolyzed
●● this test will be delivered to immunology for testing
Answer: RPR
●● physician calls the lab requesting the procedure for a patient who
wishes to donate his own blood before his surgery. this type of donation
is knowns as:
Answer: Autologous donation
●● analysis of the chemical components of blood
Answer: the basic purpose of the chemistry department:
,●● pbt is processing speciments received for lead testing and is
preparing them to be delivered to which departments?
Answer: toxicology
●● health maintenance organization (HMO)
Answer: functions as a full-service outpatient clinic
●● pbt returns to lab with a specimen for cross-match or compatibility
testing and delivers it to
Answer: Immunohematology
●● required specimen for the occult blood test is:
Answer: Feces/Dookie
●● A patient is recovering from deep vein thrombosis and the doctor
wishes to access the rate of fibrinolysis. The physician orders which of
the following tests?
Answer: ALL of the above
●● A herediatary blood disorder that results in a decreased production of
hemoglobin and anemia is:
Answer: Thalassemia
, ●● pbt must draw blood for a STAT glucose, BUN, and electrolytes in
ER and deliver it to the lab for testing as the I-Stat instrument is not
fxning properly. Which type of sample is most appropriate?
Answer: Plasma (green top tube0
●● a patient has been diagnosed with anemia and the physician wants to
assess how well the bone marrow is producing RBC's. The physician
requests which of the following test to be drawn and tested?
Answer: Reticulocyte
●● another term for WBC is
Answer: Leukocyte
●● cellular element that plays an impt role in coagulation is
Answer: Platelet
●● Coagulation testing includes which of the following:
Answer: PTT
●● impaired blood flow leading to reduced level or lack of oxygen to a
tissue is referred to as:
Answer: Ischemia
